Trousers&#39; creaser and stretcher.



W. DIXON. TROUSERS GREASER AND STRETGHER.'

APPLICATION FILED 811F114, 1910.

L@06,089 Patented Sept. 12, 191-1.

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WILLIAM DIXON, F NEW'PORT, RHODE ISLAND.

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Serial No. 582,020.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, "WILLIAM DIXON, citizen of the United States of America, residing at Newport, in the county ofddewport and Stilts ofRhode Island, have invented new and useful Improvements in Trousers Creasers and Stretchers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in trousers creasers, the object of the invention being to provide a device that will produce a crease the length of the trousers legs without the use of a flat-iron or heat, and one that is adapted to be quickly inserted to efiect the desired results.

lln the drawings forming part of this applicatiom-Figure l is a plan view showing the structure as a whole and the clips at the upper ends of their run on the spring elements. Fig, 2 shows the frame inserted in the leg of the garment for effecting the creasing thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 3-.-3,of Fig. 1, show ing one of the wing elements and a bar in section. Fig. t is a transverse sectional view on the line M, Fig. 2, illustrating the position' of the creaser-bars when in use.

Referring to the drawing a designates a air of creaserbars that are wedge-shaped in cross section, as shown in Figs. 3 and 'lhese bars are united at their opposite ends by means of the bent spring elements I) and c which are attached to the bars a, by means of suitable clips cl. The springelement 6 is provided, intermediate of its ends, with in elined portions ewhich are united by means of a loop f. Located on the inclined portions is a clip or bar g that can he slid down the inclined portion for drawing the bars a together. The spring element 0 atthe oppo s ite end of the bars a, is also provided with inclined portions h, and a connectin clip a is adapted to slide on the incline portions.

j designates loop which connects the in eliued portion of the springs together.

It will readily be seen that when the clips g and t are pushed down to the curved points it and m, the bars a will be drawn toward each other, whereby the frame as a whole may be easily inserted into the leg; of the a sliding the clips 9 and 2' back to trousers, as shown in Fig. 2, and then by the posltions shown in Fig. 1, the spring elements 6 and a will expand into the position shown in Figs.-

2 and 4., and at the same time force the bars outward lnto close engagement with the fabric indicated at. 0.

Patented Sent. is, 1911 In order that the full length of the legof the garment may be creased, and to adapt the frame to different sized garments, wedgeshaped wing-members p and q are pivotally secured tothe bars a, as indicated at 1'. The bars a are provided with an opening a, and the wing members p and q with a plurality of openings t so that when the wing members are swung outward into the dotted line positions, and a pin inserted through the registering openings .9 and t, these members will be forced against and engage the inner side of the garment, as illustrated in Fig. 2, the wing member p at the narrower end of the frame being adapted to crease the bottom of the trousers leg and the wing member 9", as shown in Fig. 2 is swung out so as to crease the wide portion of the leg at the upper part of the garment.- These wing members are also designed to fit'garmcnts of different sizes, as readily understood.

It is of course within the province of my invention to make frames of different lengths and difl'erent widths.

In order to remove the frame from the garment; it is only necessary to slide the dis 9 and i downward on the inclined portio iis e and h to the points I: and m thus drawing the bars (2 together and relieving the tension of the same on the inside of the arment,,whereby the frame is free and may e readily removed.

The employment of trouser-creaser frames is not broadly new but I am not aware of any frames in which wedge-shaped Win elements have been employed to (engage ant crease the upper and lower portions oi the trousers leg.

A frame for creasing trousers eomprlsiug a pair of bars spaced from each other, the distance of the bars at one of their ends bein greater than the distance at their other en connecting spring elements for causing the ends to spring outward, and means for ments having a plurality of perforations for drawing the ends together, the diagonally effecting the lateral adjustment of said wing opposite ends of the frame having wing-eleelements.

nients secured to the opposite bars for engagingthe upper and lower portions 0]": the Witnesses: garment each of the bars having {L perfora- JAMES F. MARTIh', on therethrough' and each of the Wing ele- MICHAEL J. MURPHY.

WILLIAM DIXON. 

